No man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEvery man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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